Contract
Exhibit
10.2
AMENDED
AND RESTATED UNIT LENDING AGREEMENT
Dated
as
of October 2, 2007
Between
CHARTER
COMMUNICATIONS HOLDING COMPANY, LLC ("LENDER"),
and
CHARTER
COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ("BORROWER").
WHEREAS,
in connection with the issuance by Lender of $862,500,000 aggregate principal
amount of 2009 Mirror Convertible Senior Notes (as defined herein), Lender
and
Borrower entered into that certain Unit Lending Agreement dated as of November
22, 2004 (the “Unit Lending Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
Lender and Borrower desire to amend and restate the Unit Lending Agreement
in
connection with an exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”)
pursuant to which $363,847,000 aggregate principal amount of 2009 Mirror
Convertible Notes are being exchanged for 2027 Mirror Convertible Notes (as
defined herein) in order to maintain and extend the Loans (as defined herein)
to
Borrower under the Unit Lending Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
this AGREEMENT sets forth the terms and conditions under which Lender and
Borrower agree to maintain and extend the Loans made to Borrower under the
Unit
Lending Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and
other
good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby mutually
covenant and agree as follows:
This
AGREEMENT sets forth the terms and conditions under which Borrower may, from
time to time, borrow from Lender Class B Common Units of Lender.
The
parties hereto agree as follows:
Section
1. Certain Definitions. The following capitalized terms shall have the following
meanings:
“2009
MIRROR CONVERTIBLE NOTES” means the $862,500,000 aggregate principal amount of
Convertible Senior Notes due 2009 issued by Lender.
“2027
MIRROR CONVERTIBLE NOTES” means the $479,168,000 aggregate principal amount of
Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 issued by Lender.
"BUSINESS
DAY" means a day on which regular trading occurs in the principal trading
market
for the common stock of Borrower.
"CASH"
means any coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal
tender for payment of public and private debts.
"CONVERTIBLE
NOTES" means collectively the $862,500,000 aggregate principal amount of
Convertible Senior Notes due 2009 issued by Lender and the $479,168,000
aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 issued by
Lender.
"COMMON
STOCK" means shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.001, of Borrower,
or
any other security into which the Common Stock shall be exchanged or converted
as the result of any merger, consolidation, other business combination,
reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization or other corporate action
(including, without limitation, a reorganization in bankruptcy).
"FACILITY
TERMINATION DATE" means the earlier to occur of (i) the first date on which
all
of the Convertible Notes have been converted, repaid, repurchased, redeemed
or
are otherwise no longer outstanding, and (ii) October 1, 2027.
"LLC
AGREEMENT" means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement
of
Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC.
"LOAN
AVAILABILITY PERIOD" means the period that began on November 22, 2004 and
ended
on November 16, 2006.
"LOANED
SHARES" means shares of Common Stock transferred in a Loan as defined in
and
pursuant to the Share Lending Agreement until such Common Stock (or identical
Common Stock) is transferred back to Lender thereunder. If, as the result
of a
stock dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock is increased or decreased, then the number of outstanding
Loaned Shares shall be proportionately increased or decreased, as the case
may
be. If any new or different security (or two or more securities) shall be
exchanged for the outstanding shares of Common Stock as the result of any
reorganization, merger, consolidation, other business combination,
reclassification, recapitalization or other corporate action (including,
without
limitation, a reorganization in bankruptcy), such new or different security
(or
such two or more securities collectively) shall, effective upon such exchange,
be
deemed
to become a Loaned Share in substitution for the former Loaned Share for
which
such exchange is made and in the same proportion for which such exchange
was
made.
"LOANED
UNITS" means Units transferred in a Loan hereunder until such Units are returned
to Lender hereunder and cancelled. If, as the result of a stock dividend,
stock
split or reverse stock split by Borrower, the number of outstanding shares
of
Common Stock is increased or decreased, then the number of outstanding Loaned
Units shall be
proportionately
increased or decreased, as the case may be. If any new or different security
(or
two or more securities) shall be exchanged for the outstanding shares of
Common
Stock as the result of any reorganization, merger, consolidation, other business
combination, reclassification, recapitalization or other corporate action
with
respect to
Borrower
(including, without limitation, a reorganization in bankruptcy), such new
or
different security (or such two or more securities collectively) or mirror
securities of Lender, as appropriate, shall, effective upon such exchange,
be
deemed to become a Loaned Unit in substitution for the former Loaned Unit
for
which such exchange is made and in the same proportion for which such exchange
was made.
"MAXIMUM
NUMBER OF UNITS" means 29,845,200 Units, subject to the following
adjustments:
(a)
If, as the result of a stock dividend, stock split or reverse stock split
by
Borrower, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased or
decreased, the Maximum Number of Units shall, effective as of the payment
or
delivery date of any such event, be proportionally increased or decreased,
as
the case may be.
(b)
If, pursuant to a merger, consolidation, other business combination,
reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization or other corporate action
(including, without limitation, a reorganization in bankruptcy) involving
the
Borrower and the result of which is that Lender remains in existence, the
Common
Stock is exchanged for or converted into Cash, securities or other property,
the
Maximum Number of Units shall, effective upon such exchange, be adjusted
by
multiplying the Maximum Number of Units at such time by the number of
securities, the amount of Cash or the fair market value of any other property
exchanged for one share of Common Stock in such event (or mirror securities
or
property, as the case may be exchanged for one Unit).
Upon
the termination of any Loan pursuant to Section 4(a), the Maximum Number
of
Units shall be reduced by the number of Loaned Units surrendered by Borrower
to
Lender; provided that if the number of Loaned Units corresponding to an Unsold
Amount (as defined in the Share Lending Agreement) is properly returned to
Lender at the time that the Unsold Amount is properly returned to Borrower
under
the Share Lending Agreement, such returned Units shall not so reduce the
Maximum
Number of Units.
"SHARE
LENDING AGREEMENT" means that certain Amended and Restated Share Lending
Agreement, dated of even date hereof, between Borrower and Citigroup Global
Markets Limited.
"UNITS"
means Class B Common Units of Lender.
Section
2. Loans Of Units; Transfers of Loaned Units
(a)
During the Loan Availability Period, Lender loaned to Borrower 116,949,300
Units, of which 29,845,200 Units remain outstanding as of the date
hereof. Such loans were made subject to the terms of the Unit Lending
Agreement (each such issuance and
loan,
a
"LOAN") and were confirmed by a schedule and receipt listing the Loaned Units
provided by Borrower to Lender (the "CONFIRMATION"). Such Confirmation
constitutes conclusive evidence with respect to the Loan, including the number
of Units that are the subject of the Loan to which the Confirmation relates,
until such Loan is terminated and the Loaned Units are returned to Lender
in
accordance with this Agreement.
Section
3. Loan Fee. Borrower paid Lender a single loan fee per Loan (a "LOAN FEE")
equal to $.001 per Loaned Unit included in such Loan.
Section
4. Loan Terminations.
(a)
Borrower may terminate all or any portion of a Loan on any Business Day by
giving written notice thereof to Lender, without any consideration being
payable
in respect thereof by Lender to Borrower. Any such loan termination shall
be
effective upon such written notice in accordance with the terms hereof and
Lender shall amend its LLC Agreement (and in any event, without the necessity
of
any action by Lender, Lender's LLC Agreement shall automatically be deemed
to be
amended) to reflect the reduction in the number of outstanding
Units.
(b)
All outstanding Loans shall terminate on the first Business Day following
the
Facility Termination Date and all Loaned Units then outstanding, if any,
shall
be cancelled by Lender by amending its LLC Agreement (and in any event, without
the necessity of any action by Lender, Lender's LLC Agreement shall
automatically be deemed to be amended), without any consideration being payable
in respect thereof by Lender to Borrower, on the day that Borrower receives
the
Loaned Shares under the Share Lending Agreement from its Borrower
thereunder.
(c)
If on any date, the number of Loaned Units exceeds the Maximum Number of
Units,
the number of Loaned Units in excess of the Maximum Number of Units shall
be
cancelled by Lender by amending its LLC Agreement (and in any event, without
the
necessity of any action by Lender, Lender's LLC Agreement shall automatically
be
deemed to be amended), without any consideration being payable in respect
thereof by Lender to Borrower, on the day that Borrower receives the equivalent
number of Loaned Shares under the Share Lending Agreement from its Borrower
thereunder.
(d)
If a Loan is terminated upon the occurrence of a Default as set forth in
Section
8 or if the Share Lending Agreement is terminated puruant to Section 11 thereof,
the Loaned Units shall be cancelled by Lender by amending its LLC Agreement
(and
in any event, without the necessity of any action by Lender, Lender's LLC
Agreement shall automatically be deemed to be amended), without any
consideration being payable in respect thereof by Lender to Borrower, on
the day
that Borrower receives the Loaned Shares under the Share Lending Agreement
from
its Borrower thereunder.
Section
5. Distributions.
(a)
If at any time when there are Loaned Units outstanding under this Agreement,
Lender makes a Cash distribution in respect of its outstanding Units, Borrower
shall pay to Lender (whether or not Borrower is a holder of any or all of
the
outstanding Loan Units), within one Business Day after the payment of such
distribution, an amount in Cash equal to the product of (i) the amount per
Unit
of such dividend or distribution and (ii) the number of Loaned Units outstanding
at such time.
(b)
If at any time when there are Loaned Units outstanding under this Agreement,
Lender makes a distribution in respect of its outstanding Units in property
or
securities, including any options, warrants, rights or privileges in respect
of
securities (other than a distribution of Units, but including any options,
warrants, rights or privileges exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable
for Units) to the then holder or holders of such Loaned Units (a "NON-CASH
DISTRIBUTION"), Borrower shall deliver to Lender in kind (whether or not
Borrower is a holder of any or all of the outstanding Loaned Units), within
one
Business Day after the date of such Non-Cash Distribution, the property or
securities so distributed in an amount (the "DELIVERY AMOUNT") equal to
the
product
of (i) the amount per Unit of such Non-Cash Distribution and (ii) the number
of
Loaned Units outstanding at such time; provided that in lieu of such delivery,
Borrower may deliver to Lender the market value of the Delivery Amount, as
determined by the Agent (as defined in the Share Lending Agreement) in
accordance with market practice for the property or securities constituting
the
Non-Cash Distribution.
Section
6. Rights in Respect of Loaned Units. Subject to the terms of this Agreement,
including Borrower's obligation to return the Loaned Units in accordance
with
the terms of this Agreement, and except as otherwise agreed by Borrower and
Lender, Borrower shall have all of the incidents of ownership in respect
of any
Loaned Units.
Section
7. Covenants.
(a)
Any Cash or other property received by Borrower pursuant to the Share Lending
Agreement shall be paid or transferred immediately to Lender.
(b)
If Borrower determines that it will redeem or purchase shares of Common Stock
pursuant to the Share Lending Agreement, Borrower will notify Lender in writing
of the number of shares of Common Stock to be redeemed and the aggregate
cost of
such redemption at least two Business Days prior to settlement of such
redemption. On the date of settlement of such redemption, Lender will redeem
the
number of Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock provided in
Borrower's notice for the amount of Cash or other property provided in such
notice.
Section
8. Events of Default.
All
Loans may, at the option of the Lender by a written notice to Borrower, be
terminated two Business Days following such notice on the occurrence of the
events set forth below, (each, a "DEFAULT"):
(a)
Borrower fails to deliver or pay to Lender when due any Cash, securities
or
other property as required by Section 5; or
(b)
Borrower notifies Lender of its inability to or intention not to perform
its
obligations hereunder or otherwise disaffirms, rejects or repudiates any
of its
obligations hereunder.
Section
9. Limitation on Lender's Remedies. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, upon the termination of any Loan by Lender under Section 8 or upon
any
other breach of this Agreement by Borrower, Lender shall only be entitled
to
cancel Loaned Units at the time that Borrower receives Loaned Shares from
its
borrower under the Share Lending Agreement. Furthermore, Lender shall only
be
entitled to the receipt of any other form of damages or compensation at the
time
and to the extent that Borrower receives damages and compensation under the
Share Lending Agreement.
Section
10. Transfers.
(a)
All transfers of Loaned Units to Borrower hereunder shall be made by appropriate
amendment to Lender's LLC Agreement.
(b)
All transfers of Cash hereunder to Borrower or Lender shall be by wire transfer
or internal bank book entry debit/credit in immediately available, freely
transferable funds.
(c)
A transfer of securities or Cash may be effected under this Section 10 on
any
day except (i) a day on which the transferee is closed for business at its
address set forth in Section 12 or (ii) a day on which a wire transfer system
is
closed, if the facilities of such wire transfer system are required to effect
such transfer.
Section
11. Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated at any time
by
the written agreement of Lender and Borrower.
Section
12 Notices.
(a)
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be
deemed to have been duly given when received.
(b)
All such notices and other communications shall be directed to the following
address:
If
to Borrower or Lender to:
Charter
Communications, Inc.
00000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xx.
Xx.
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
Attention: General
Counsel
(c)
In the case of any party, at such other address as may be designated by written
notice to the other parties.
Section
13. Governing Law; Submission To Jurisdiction; Severability.
(a)
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of
the State of New York, but excluding any choice of law provisions that would
require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than New
York.
(b)
EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY (A) SUBMITS TO THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE
COURT
SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY SUCH COURT, SOLELY
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO ENFORCE ITS
OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY LOAN
HEREUNDER AND (B) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO,
ANY
DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY RIGHT OF JURISDICTION ON ACCOUNT OF ITS PLACE OF
RESIDENCE OR DOMICILE.
(c)
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT THAT IT MAY HAVE TO
TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(d)
To the extent permitted by law, the unenforceability or invalidity of any
provision or provisions of this Agreement shall not render any other provision
or provisions herein contained unenforceable or invalid.
Section
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
and all such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one
and
the same agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto to have executed this Unit Lending Agreement as of the date and year
first above written.
CHARTER
COMMUNICATIONS
HOLDING
COMPANY, LLC
as
Lender,
By:___/s/
Xxxxxx X. Degnan________
Name: Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Title: Vice
President – Finance and
Corporate
Treasurer
CHARTER
COMMUNICATIONS,
INC.
as
Borrower,
By:___/s/
Xxxxxx X.
Degnan________
Name: Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Title: Vice
President – Finance and
Corporate
Treasurer